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Blue Origin accused of 'faking' Katy Perry's 11-minute flight to space

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Published 15:14 15 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Blue Origin accused of 'faking' Katy Perry's 11-minute flight to space

Conspiracy theorists believe the clip of crew members experiencing weightlessness was staged

Rikki Loftus

Rikki Loftus

Blue Origin has been accused of ‘faking’ Katy Perry’s 11-minute flight to space.

The singer embarked on her first mission to space yesterday (April 14) alongside broadcaster Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, film producer Kerianne Flynn, rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and journalist Lauren Sánchez who is the fiancée of Jeff Bezos.

The short trip to space took just 11 minutes, with the crew experiencing four minutes of weightlessness before journeying back down to Earth.

During her very short time in space, Perry filmed herself holding up a daisy, in honor of her daughter who has the same name, as well as a plastic butterfly that revealed the setlist for her upcoming tour.

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The singer also sang a rendition of Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’.


Upon returning to solid ground, Perry explained that while people were asking if she was going to sing one of her own songs such as ‘Firework’ or ‘Roar’, she said ‘it’s not about me, I wanted to talk about the world’.

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The singer went on to say that it was ‘about a collective energy, making space for future women, it’s about the wonderful world we see out there’.

However, since footage of the flight has circulated on social media, naysayers have shared their disbelief, with some even accusing Blue Origin of faking the trip.

One user on X, formerly Twitter, described the video as ‘fake as hell’.

Another wrote: “This is alleged footage of Katy Perry ‘floating’ in space. Just when you thought the mockery couldn't get any worse they come up with this.”

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A third commented: “Why wouldn’t they be strapped in? They didn’t have time for this. It’s so weird.”

Katy Perry embarked on an 11-minute mission to space (Instagram/@katyperry)
Katy Perry embarked on an 11-minute mission to space (Instagram/@katyperry)

And a fourth person added: “This is no better than a Tesla floating out in space. So tired of the lies.”

However, others weren’t buying into the conspiracy theory with one user replying: “It’s not space. They’re in high orbit. Where the one dude jumped down to earth from essentially.”

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While one person suggested the footage was staged, writing: “If they were only 60 miles out of the atmosphere, they should have been experiencing 94% of what gravity is at sea level. Meaning, the video of them floating around in zero gravity was staged.”

Another user was quick to explain the science behind the weightlessness experienced by the crew, saying: “They’re falling back to earth. That’s how they float, have you seen the 0g plane people train in? You been on a rollercoaster that drops and you feel weightless? It’s the same concept.”

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